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(No Model.)

A. W. BRIGHTWELL.

COVER FOR JARS.

Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

wil \Ill' WITNESSES Attorneys INITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

AMAZON WI BRIGHTWELL, OF OWEN, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MARTINM. ALLHANDS, OF SAME PLACE.

COVER FOR JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,392, dated November9, 1886.

Application filed April 16, 1886. Serial No. 199,069. (No model.)

' To all whom) it may concern:

dent of Owen, in the county of Clarke and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Crooks, Jars,or Similar- Articles; and I do hereby de clare that thefollowingis afull,clear, and exact description of the'invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart .of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective viewof a milkcrock provided with my improved cover. Fig. 2 is a vertical.sectional view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thecover removed from the crock.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of covers for crooks, jars, orsimilar articles in which two arms have downwardly and inwardly bentlips, which may engage the under side of the flange upon the crock orarticle, retaining the cover; and it consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a crock or jar,which is formed with an outwardlyprojecting flange, B, around its upperedge.

O is the cover, which fits upon the flange and upper edge of thecrock,and this cover is provided with a central knob, D, having twodiametrically-opposite lugs, E E, upon the lower end of the knob andupon the surface of the cover.

The inner bifurcated ends,'F, of two arms, G G, are'pivoted upontransverse pins to these lugs, and the outer ends of these arms are bentdownward, as shown at H, and provided at the lower ends of thesedownwardly-bent portions with inwardly-bent lips I I, which engage theunder side of the flange around the top of the crock, and withoutwardly-projeoting short lips J J, for the convenient manipulation ofthe arms.- 7

Flat springs K K are secured to the inner ends of the arms and bear withtheir free outer ends against the top of the cover, causing theinwardly-bent lips to be drawn firmly up against the flange ofthe crock,binding the cover to the top of the crock.

When it is desired to remove the cover, the arms may be swung upward,the downwardly- ;projecting portions of the arms having sufficientelasticity to allow of the lips being drawn out from under the flange,and the arms will spring upward, after the lips have been released, bythe action of the flat springs under the arms.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States In combination with a crock orsimilar article or vessel having a flange around its upper edge, a coverhaving'a knob at its center formed with diametrically-opposite lugs,arms pivoted with their bifurcated inner ends upon the lugs, and havingdownwardly-bent portions formed with inwardly-projecting lips forengaging the flange of the vessel and outward- 1y: projectingmanipulating lips, and flat springs secured to the inner ends of thearms and bearing against the upper side of the cover, as and for thepurpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffiXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AMAZON IV. BRIGHIWELL. Witnesses:

ROBERT L. PLASKET, CLARENCE H. SPENCER.

